Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-19
treat BANK ROBBERY.
BY JULIAN EAwTHokNE.

IA copyrighted lSot.
II CHAPTER I.
II on Sunday morning, October 81, 1878,
4be sun rose clear, and shone along the
ovenues Of New York city. 1t was be-
4 tween half past 6 and 0 clock when the
| light first struck the pavemeuts, end few
/ neon-e were abroad. On Saturday night
i the weeks work is done, the wage
/ workers are paid Of. aud such OF them
as can 6ford it (or think they
can proceed 10 relax themselves WITH
whatever species Of amusement is best
sui-a5 10 their several tastes. The
/ +resters are more crowded than on any
o-hs- night during the week, and so,
4 rFew!se, are the music halls and dives
5r .le lower quarters Cf the city. The /.
rtgugr saloons do q roaring trade, ,
and their customers, bOisterOus with /.
bee. and whisky, are more apt than |
2, other times TO take an airing beyond |
tle bounds Of pr0priety. The police who /
patrol the Sums prepare themselves for |
ezra WORK en- Saturday nights, and the /
rallce stations, IS & rCle, ere more than |
usually crowded by the next morning /
/ TIE minor class Of p!CbpOCkets and high /
Il wgvUe1, WEC ply their trade ia the city /
1
-.~. 57a.E among the Saturday night mer- /
~. e7s; To- then every pocket has
meme. in i, aud q lfrge proportion CT /
BRAINS ere mere or less thrown of their /
gu1.5 Big liquor. In short, there is 9 gen /
era Ss.UyDslia-Or SaturdaYnalia, Il |
mt-l- be term 1-the reaction from the |
50 days strain OF business, with the |
prospect Of thirty-siX hours vacation. /
BIZ IN Sunday morning the scene is /
very di19rent. The cSgOusers are sleep |
liz c.. The effect Ct their nights excuses, /
81 even those WhO have no such cause
.g- 20 aDeG are liz no hurry to get up;
f.. Inc shops an Offices ale ali closed,
and mere Is nothing IN prospect uOre
pressing than ~ hOlr in church or
.aruter in the pacE. The thieves have
zone 10 their dens to count over their
gains and r2ke plans for the ensuing
wee, ana even police e5s,e the sharp
ness of their outlook little, and daadle
their clubs with dGgsgc cir, as b5iUg
merely Ornamental Ggpepdages. They
nae JE- streets pretty much 10 them
selves Until long sitter GAVIN. Here ard
there Bridget 81 Polly hErries elong in
her holiday costume 10 early mess, or
Ea-s an Gretchen, With the esrly
as It's u ;he EAterland, stroll side by
there is az aristocratic looking gentle
man, niE evening dress showing through
the open front OF his OVercOau. his lace
pSle GnC mis- eyes heavy he stops at The
entrance OF one Cf the fashionable
bachelor apartment houses, and stabS at
-le lock with - pass-Eey. You will not
sec nix - church Today, nor in the park
either. There IS no one else about now
eycens the prlvG.e Sunday Waterman,
wlcse JUty IL Is to stand guard during
the icy over the banks and business
buildings in the lover part Of the city.
The employment Of these men might
seen almost g super nous precautions;
SAFELY those massive and imp2netrSbis-
LOOKING buildings would he no less secure
wicEoCl their presence than with it, at
.a--- curing the daytime.
TIE night between October 2G ard q,
ia ne yrAg uamrd, had passed off more
Quietly than usual and there was moth
ia. 20 Indicate that there would be any
alteration in this agreeable state OF things
tUr.ug chc dsv. At $50 Broadway, from
The Battery 70 Fourteenth street, was 81
mes. as emp Y as the corridor of sum
M-r hotel in December. At about that
GoE-, however, sn Italian peanut yendeE
cane down BleeCkeT street, pushing be
fore hin 3 twO-wheeled handcart, con-
t8.-in1 his stack n trade. On reaching
- southeast corner CT Blocker street
s-e Broadway he halted, uncovered his
Vas Su0 mad" his preparations for the
G1- 5 business. EhC corner was 8 good
one .GT cg8Ge'aud me Italian had not sell
COX net,eH IS much as 50 during g cay.
BCs re could scarcely expect business 20
3e2.a gUite 80 soon. Meanwhile, he
.eS-ei MS shoulders against the corner
5lJL.uE behind him ard stSrcQ .Gly
sc-oCs the ~eyea tLe large, olC-tssMoaen
-3.- &c Nli.h corfTD->cG him Oh the Uth, T
side II Vie street.
Let Us also Turn our attention 10Y
mCHsDt u the same direction. Inc ed
6ce = Question wee built cf brick over
.a5. W.tA p.sS-cr painted 1 dark reddish
brown l-e, Z W3s >iE stories in height,
sUt entirely free irGla any architectural
.TNSwebt, except 81 regarded the G%IG
entrance. HAiCh opened or Broadway
TCts wa emphasized 10y Il sort of shallow
pC-tlcU. apparently Of iron, painted OF
DARKER Tin than The plaster and protected
5y Z strong jrca-bsrred gate. Over the
3a7t.cG, aad Immediately Below the wiz
t0~ x Ne 15et f50r, wSS "a model of 8
De i've. wttc bees clustering shout it, the
whole enriched with gliding, now some
what tSra.sae. by ,hy elements. The de-
sign YES e course symboical,
being i.-eEaea IS an emoIem q
the Wise thrift. Of those who
store Ul tEci- riches &g2inSt the
w51try season at-v iat, inste2G of srusu-
dering a. - came 20 hand. And why
should suca al emblem be placed over
The doorway OF this particular building?
i glance 81 ne Inscription beneath an
-vsers the e GestIOu. EhIs is the building
4 tire Msuass.sn 5s-lngs Institution, one
IF the best Ensvgn ami soIidest concerns
% lis kind II the city. lis officers auL
directors are among the most trust
wUr,nv men u NV York, and
lei sud tae steel doors of the great
va&lr are couc seed millions OF money,
the aggregate o. the savings o. T1any
t1o1 sand depOei.0rs, most Of them per-
soQc OF very limited means. TIE Man
la.tGl Savings LIs-iluuiGn has haG ar I'M
inters 1pted caree7.vf prosperity tor now
many 7ears, GnC It's impregnable aspect
behind It's iron gates gives assurance thEt
Is fortunate Carssr IL deslned tC sn IN
.dcln mite continuance.
L. imoss IS effective for safety sc the
iru- Ea.-s ale tbe islIneGJe plate glass
wiuGoWg which extend over the entire
Broadway front Of -he ediLCe, to within
less .lar .hres fees o. the Eoor. OtgeI
wincc Ys 5zcceed oae a2Cther along tie
Bieeclsr at,eet side, sc thai the whose